The evening world., 1887-12-23
THE POPE'S GOLDEN JUBILEE.
ARRANGEMENTS MAKING IN THIS CITY
FOR A CELEBRATION.

Committees Of Catholic Societies at Work.
special Anniversary services to be Held
mt the Cathedral on New Years Day
Young Men 10 Commemorate the Event
at ChickerinE Hall Next Month.
Committees Of Catholic societies are meet
ing daily to make arrangements for worthily
celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the Pope.
The delegates to the Young Mems Diocesan
Union especially show enthusiasm on the
subject.
Delegates TO the last meeting from New
Jersey and Brooklyn had been instructed to
indorse any movement looking towards n
worthy celebration of the event.
Last night n WORLD reporter obtained from
Father Lavelle, of the Cathedral, some in
teresting information in regard TO plans
already formed.
Arrangements are not yet perfected"
Father Lavelle said, = but l may state that
there will be some fitting demonstration on
the part of the young men of the Diocesan
Union to commemorate this great event in
the life of the reigning Pontiff. 1t will come
of about the 10th of January and will take
place in Chickering Hall.
This is the young mems movement. The
laity in general will testify their devotion to
the Pope by assisting at the exercises which
| will take place in all the city churches on
New Years Day. That is the day, you know,
Jubilee anniversary.
Here at the Cathedral we will have a
grand TIE Deum, sun by both choirs, and
His Grace the Archbishop will deliver a dis
course appropriate to the occasion.
THE American National Union of Young
Catholic Men is made up of the diocesan
unions. 1t is constructed on q plan very
similar to the constitution of the United
States. In our Diocesan Union there are
about twelve hundred young men who are
members
THE Catholic Club, another Organization
for young men, formerly known rs Xavier
Union, intends, | believe, to do something to
testify to the dignity of this event in the
Pope's life. Until | know clearly what their
programme is and when they will conduct
their exercises, l do not wish our Diocesan
Union to determine on its own too definitely.
Both organizations are largely of u social
character and the Catholic Club is the older
body. II numbers several hundred mem
bers. Father Dealey, the ~well-known Jesuit
priest at st. Francis Xavier's College, has
charge of the club.
The celebration will take the form of
addresses and musical and literary numbers.
l have no doubt it will be of n character to
IeHeCt Creult on 1T hDlllty, cherry hnu ueNO-
ton to the Holy Father Of the younger Cath
Ollie portion OF our community.
" When the programme is more definitely
decided on l shall communicate it to The
WORLD with pleasure"
The reporter also had an interview with
the President of st. Francis Xavier's College,
Father John j. Murphy, who is also rector
of the imposing jesuit Church on Sixteenth
street.
must be brief with you. You see that 2'
he said with a smile, taking up o sheet of
the morning and have lone what you see. l
am called away constantly"
The amount of completed work would not
occupy quarter Of an hour.
The Papal Jubilee ? Well, our exercises
on New Years Day will be directed to honor
ing this momentous occasion in the life of
the r~eigning Pontiff. The main feature will
be the chanting of a beautiful TIE Deum. If
you are familiar with the musical work at
our church you will know that it will be
worthy of the Jubilee The sermon will also
Mr.. Eugene Kelly, the banker, was visited
by the reporter to see if the laity were en-
gagged in any special movement. AS one of
the most prominent Catholic laymen of the
city Mr.. Kelly would not be wanting in any
such movement.
- have heard that some celebration was
intended" Mr.. Kelly said, =" but rs yet it
has only reached my ears as n rumor, SO / am
not able to state anything detini in regard
to it,"
Father Mcmillan, of the Community of st.
Paul, Ninth avenue and Sixtieth street, is
very much Interested in the endeavor to
secure some fitting celebration of the Jubilee
and will do all he can to promote its success.
"